The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1887-01-14
,..rrp FROM WASHINGTON.

r.,r-The Tramp from Mon
,ana-Colonel Cracker
surrenders the
Coat.
r,,rom our special correspondent
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81, 1886.
r> IL. Editor Of the Dillon TRIBUNE
Christmas is over, and the city of Mag
..:s,.,t Distances, with heaving bosom,
a,,,ering heart and over.laden stomach,
!. making frantic efforts to stand squarely
.nd firmly on her legs in order to meet The
r,pidlv approaching New Year with due
grace ana dignity.
am not prepared to report anything
If great interest TO your readers. Christ.
u,,. went of in good style, as usual, and
left the usual number Of empty pocket
hooks. small accidents and big drunks;
made good many happy, and an equal
,umber miserable. 1t has always been
TINS and ever will be suppose.
Grant, Tilden, Hancock, Mcclellan,
Hendricks, Arthur and Logan;-all dead
since the present administration took hold
of the reins Of government! The. King Of
rerrors is indeed busy!
Professor Carpenter has been delighting
and mystifying Washington with his Mes
merism, Psychology and illustrations of
the magnetic trance. He is, beyond doubt,
in his line, the. wonder of the nineteenth
century, and the more you see of him the
more YOU wonder. Some of his expert
ment. and illustrations are admirable ex.
amples Of the phenomena Of the trance.
Take for instance the "Sensitive' who
was made to visit the dime museum and
see the learned pig. Even when mes,ner.
lied he was extremely incredulous as 10
the yenuineness of what he saw, and could
not believe at all in the possibility of pigs
talking and singing operate songs, even
when he heard. ayes, l see the pig, he
would admit, sand hear it sing, as you
said it would; and see its mouth move
but have some sense, and know perfect
ly we'll that no pig can really sing. This
is an optical illusion. The pig has been
taught to move his mouth, but the singing
must come through tube close to the
pig" Then he would hun: for the tube
Twas enough to make ghost laugh
Another interesting phenomenon is to see
the Professor, by gesture only, paralyze
subject SO that he would become as rigis
as steel and utterly insensible to pain
There is a good deal in this psychology
business, and If the TRIBUNE has any
doubt about it, all can say is, go to SCI
Carpenter and be convinced.
Likewise, there is good deal in cats
Ihave discovered that cats are full OF van
ity. know one that sits on a table in from
Of a looking. glass and admires himself (thi
cat is a Thomas cat) by the hour. Fac'
He seems to be really and truly carries
away with the reflected image Of his beau
tiful face. hope the TRIBUNE owns
cat.
There is no evidence that the city ha
suffered from the absence Of the member
Of Congress, many of whom have been ou
oftown during the holiday What doe
the TRIBUNE think Of the average nen
Der Of Congress anyway? Here heis know
10 be very ordinary specimen of The hr
man family ordinary. States
man indeed! There is not one in ever
twenty-five who knows the iundament;
principles--,he ordinary rudiments, {
craftsmanship; or the rudiments OF ortht
graphy and grammar.
Not long since cav letter, from a ce
tain western member II wont give h
name) and of all the spelling and gra'nna
Twas enough to make Lindley Murra
and Noah Webster turn over in their co
fins and howl. And then the handwriting
hwasn't as good as Dickens Joe Gargery
in "Great Expectations" Before ~ou
prostitute my suffrage by voting for sue
an illiterate clod.hopper, would stand
an unknown quantity in the body polit
until Gabriers horn sounded. would, |
my mugwump soul, l would!
Morrison, the tariff fiend, is disappoir
ed man. Turned down BY his constituen
xthome, he has met like fate at the han
otthe last session Of the +9th Congre'
rar above the average member in abilit
ne is undoubtedly honest and thoroughly
earnest; but has had his brain twisted
too much study Of the tariff: That will {
any one crazy-even the TRIBUNE. Nj
riSOn looks like conntrvstoreL cen.